These datasets have been designed to increase students' understanding of ABS data & statistics in general, while giving them a fascinating insight into the lives of Australians. For instance, Dataset Pop5 shows the estimated population of Australia every 10 years from 1901 to 2001. This demonstrates Australia's population growth and allows for future population estimations to be made.

The data used in the sets have been extracted from a wide range of ABS publications and adapted to make them easy to use, print and graph. Data within the sets has been updated with the latest data available, at the time of publication. If you want other data, you can access all online ABS publications through the Statistics page on the ABS website (abs.gov.au).

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Datasets

Title

Intervals

Australian Curriculum Reference

Pop1

Estimated Resident Population (ERP), by Top 25 countries of birth (incl Australia), by Sex ratio, & by Median age, 1996 to 2013

Yearly

Mathematics

Geography

History

Pop2

Estimated Resident Population (ERP), by Sex ratio, by State / Territory, 1911 to 2007

(a) From 1971, the Indigenous population was enumerated through the Census of Population and Housing. This was the first Census after the 1967 Referendum,
which resulted in a change to the Australian Constitution to count Indigenous people as part of the Australian population. The data presented here is split between
estimates (1788 to 1966) and enumerated figures (1971 to 2006) to recognise the change in the scope and method of counting Indigenous Australians over time.
(b) Excludes overseas visitors.
(c) Includes Jervis Bay Territory from 1915 to June quarter 1993. See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes
(d) Includes Other Territories from September quarter 1993. See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes.

(a) Data for 1901 and 1911 are census counts. Data for 1921 to 1961 (inclusive) are population estimates. Data from 1971 onwards are estimates of the resident population (ERP). Includes Other Territories from 1994 onwards.
See paragraph 13 of the Explanatory Notes.

Notes:
(a) The term Indigenous is used in this publication to refer to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. All ABS Indigenous population statistics are based on responses to the ABS standard question for Indigenous identification,
which is used in self-enumerated collections. The same census question has been used to determine Indigenous status (but not its component peoples) since the 1981 Census.
(b) Each year based on the respective Census year (ie - 2006 data based on 2006 Census).

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